The city of Norfolk, VA is an important political hub in the region. Politically, 23505 has long been a stronghold for Democrats. The majority of local political candidates that represent 23505 are Democrats and support progressive policies on issues such as healthcare, education, and the environment. Elected officials in this district include Democratic Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, U.S. Representative Bobby Scott, Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn who serves as House Minority Leader in the Virginia General Assembly, Mayor Kenneth Alexander who is a Democrat mayor of Norfolk, and many other elected officials that share similar ideologies. These leaders have shown their commitment to improving the lives of people in 23505 through their progressive agendas and legislative action.
The political climate in Zip 23505 (Norfolk, VA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk City County, VA is very liberal. In Norfolk City County, VA 71.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.7% to 26.1%.
Norfolk city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23505 (Norfolk, VA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Norfolk City County, Virginia is very liberal.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Virginia is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Norfolk, Virginia: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 23505 (Norfolk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 869 contributions totaling $368,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 329 contributions totaling $102,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)